Eating yam and carrot soup has certain effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, tonifying kidney, nourishing essence, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and also has certain auxiliary effects on improving immunity, lowering blood sugar and preventing diabetes.

Yam and carrot soup is a soup made of yam and carrot, in which yam is rich in vitamins, carbohydrates, dietary fiber and minerals. It has the effects of lowering blood sugar, regulating intestinal rhythm, promoting the healing of skin ulcer surface and wound, promoting cellular immunity and humoral immunity, scavenging free radicals in vivo, resisting oxidation, reducing blood fat and resisting hypoxia. Carrots contain volatile oils such as fat, sugar, α-pinene, camphene and myrcene, and a variety of carotene, which can significantly reduce blood sugar. Taking it at the same time can promote the reduction of blood sugar level and play a role in preventing and treating diabetes.

This content was reviewed by Zhao Ning, Deputy Director of Pharmacy Department of Peking University First Hospital.

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